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US9439559B2
US9439559B2 US14/105,311 US201314105311A US9439559B2 US 9439559 B2 US9439559 B2 US 9439559B2 US 201314105311 A US201314105311 A US 201314105311A US 9439559 B2 US9439559 B2 US 9439559B2
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  • the present invention relates to an image pickup apparatus in which an image pickup device constituted by a bare chip is mounted on a flexible substrate, and an electronic device that uses the image pickup apparatus.
  • An image pickup apparatus in which an image pickup device constituted by a bare chip is mounted on a flexible substrate is already known as an image pickup apparatus that is favorably used in a comparatively small electronic device such as an electronic endoscope, a capsule endoscope or a digital camera.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-173028 discloses technology in which a solid-state image pickup apparatus is constructed by: electrically connecting a solid-state image pickup device (image pickup device) constituted by a bare chip by means of an adhesive through a projecting electrode to a wiring pattern formed on one surface of a substrate having an opening portion that is opposed to a light receiving area of the image pickup device; attaching a translucent member to the other surface of the substrate so as to seal the opening portion; and attaching a sealing member having a concave portion that is capable of housing the solid-state image pickup device to the substrate from a rear face side of the solid-state image pickup device so as to surround and hermetically seal the solid-state image pickup device.
  • the height of the image pickup apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-173028 can be lowered in comparison to an image pickup apparatus that employs a wire bonding method in which a terminal of a bare chip is intermetallically connected via a gold wire or the like to a ceramic substrate or the like. Furthermore, if various electronic components or the like belonging to the solid-state image pickup device are mounted on the flexible substrate, there is no necessity to separately add a dedicated substrate for mounting the various electronic components or the like, and consequently it is possible to further lower the height of the image pickup apparatus and reduce the size thereof.
  • the technology disclosed in the aforementioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-173028 by adopting a flexible substrate as the substrate on which to mount the solid-state image pickup device, it is possible to secure a suitable degree of layout freedom when incorporating the image pickup apparatus into various electronic devices.
  • An image pickup apparatus includes: a flexible substrate having an opening portion and a wiring pattern; an image pickup device constituted by a bare chip that is mounted to the flexible substrate so that a light receiving area is positioned at the opening portion, and so as to be electrically connected to the wiring pattern; and a rigid substrate having a concave portion capable of housing the image pickup device, and a wiring pattern; wherein at least one section of the concave portion of the rigid substrate is set as a reference face for regulating an optical axis direction of the image pickup device, and at least one section of a rear face of the light receiving area in the image pickup device is firmly fixed to the reference face; and the wiring pattern of the flexible substrate and the wiring pattern of the rigid substrate are electrically connected.
  • an electronic device is an electronic device in which the image pickup apparatus is mounted.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view of main parts of an endoscope distal end portion in which an image pickup apparatus is mounted according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the image pickup apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view along a line III-III in FIG. 2 of the image pickup apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating a process for manufacturing the image pickup apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of main parts of an image pickup apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view of main parts of an image pickup apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of main parts of an image pickup apparatus relating to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a capsule endoscope in which an image pickup apparatus is mounted
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating main parts of a digital camera in which an image pickup apparatus is mounted.
  • FIG. 10 is a sectional view schematically illustrating main parts along a line X-X in FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 relate to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view of main parts of an endoscope distal end portion in which an image pickup apparatus is mounted.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the image pickup apparatus.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view along a line III-III in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating a process for manufacturing the image pickup apparatus. Note that the components in the respective drawings used in the following description are each displayed in a different contraction scale so as to be shown in a size that is recognizable in the drawings. Further, the present invention is not limited to only the quantity of components, the shapes of components, the ratios between the sizes of components, and the relative positional relationship between the respective components illustrated in the drawings.
  • an endoscope 1 that is shown as one example of an electronic device includes an image pickup unit 5 inside a distal end rigid portion 3 that is provided at a distal end of a long insertion portion 2 .
  • the image pickup unit 5 has a lens barrel 6 that holds a plurality of lenses 7 , and an image sensor barrel 8 that is connected to a proximal portion side of the lens barrel 6 .
  • a pair of cover glasses 9 and an image pickup apparatus 10 are held inside the image sensor barrel 8 .
  • a light receiving area 11 a that is set in an image pickup device 11 of the image pickup apparatus 10 is arranged on an optical axis O of the respective lenses 7 in the lens barrel 6 .
  • a cable 12 for transmitting signals is electrically connected to the image pickup apparatus 10 .
  • the image pickup apparatus 10 includes the image pickup device 11 , a flexible substrate 20 on which the image pickup device 11 is mounted, and a rigid substrate 30 that is electrically connected to the flexible substrate 20 .
  • the image pickup device 11 is constituted by a semiconductor bare-chip substrate such as a CCD (charge coupled device) or a CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor).
  • a light receiving area 11 a is formed on one surface (front face) side of the image pickup device 11 .
  • a plurality of electrically conductive bumps 13 formed of, for example, gold bumps are formed in an edge region that surrounds the light receiving area 11 a.
  • An opening portion 21 that penetrates the flexible substrate 20 in the thickness direction is formed therein in correspondence with the light receiving area 11 a of the image pickup device 11 .
  • a predetermined wiring pattern 22 is formed on the flexible substrate 20 .
  • a plurality of terminal portions 23 corresponding to each of the electrically conductive bumps 13 of the image pickup device 11 are formed on the wiring pattern 22 that is exposed on the other surface (rear face) side of the flexible substrate 20 .
  • Electrodes 24 for electrically connecting with the rigid substrate 30 are also provided in a protruding condition on the wiring pattern 22 that is exposed on the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 .
  • the image pickup device 11 is mounted in a predetermined positioned state with respect to the flexible substrate 20 that is constructed as described above. More specifically, the image pickup device 11 is connected to the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 in a mechanically positioned state so that the light receiving area 11 a faces the opening portion 21 , and the respective electrically conductive bumps 13 electrically connect with the respective terminal portions 23 .
  • various electronic components 26 including chip components such as a resistance or an LED are mounted at appropriate positions on the flexible substrate 20 , and these components are electrically connected to the wiring pattern 22 .
  • a bottomed concave portion 31 for housing the image pickup device 11 is formed on one surface (front face) side of the rigid substrate 30 .
  • a bottom face 31 a of the concave portion 31 is formed as a flat face that is capable of contacting against the rear face of the image pickup device 11 , and a depth d 1 thereof (that is, a depth from the front face of the rigid substrate 30 to the bottom face 31 a ) is set so as to be equal to or less than a thickness t 1 of the image pickup device 11 .
  • a predetermined wiring pattern 32 is formed on the rigid substrate 30 .
  • terminal portions 33 that correspond to the electrodes 24 of the flexible substrate 20 are formed on the wiring pattern 32 .
  • the rigid substrate 30 constructed as described above is joined in a predetermined positioned state to the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 and thereto. More specifically, the rigid substrate 30 is connected to the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 in a mechanically positioned state so that the image pickup device 11 is housed in the concave portion 31 and the respective terminal portions 33 are electrically connected to the respective electrodes 24 .
  • the rear face side of the image pickup device 11 When joining the rigid substrate 30 to the flexible substrate 20 , for example, the rear face side of the image pickup device 11 is fitted into the concave portion 31 and firmly fixed thereto, and is held in a state in which the rear face is pushed against the bottom face 31 a .
  • the optical axis direction of the image pickup device 11 that is mounted in the flexible substrate 20 is unambiguously regulated in a manner that follows the bottom face. That is, the bottom face 31 a of the concave portion 31 functions as a reference face for regulating the optical axis direction of the image pickup device 11 as a result of the rear face side of the image pickup device 11 being firmly fixed to the bottom face 31 a in substantially a state of tight contact therebetween.
  • various electronic components 34 including chip components such as a resistance or an LED are mounted at appropriate positions on the rigid substrate 30 , and these components are electrically connected to the wiring pattern 32 .
  • a non-conductive adhesive 25 is used for the mechanical connection between the flexible substrate 20 and the image pickup device 11 .
  • the non-conductive adhesive 25 is provided around the periphery of the light receiving area 11 a so as to surround the light receiving area 11 a , an annular region of an edge portion on the front face side of the image pickup device 11 is joined in a watertight manner to the flexible substrate 20 .
  • a non-conductive adhesive 35 is used for the mechanical connection between the flexible substrate 20 and the rigid substrate 30 , and by providing the non-conductive adhesive 35 around the periphery of the concave portion 31 so as to surround the periphery thereof, an annular region of an edge portion on the front face side of the rigid substrate 30 is joined in a watertight manner to the flexible substrate 20 .
  • the rear face side of the image pickup device 11 is sealed in a watertight manner inside the concave portion 31 by means of the joints formed through the non-conductive adhesives 25 and 35 .
  • step S 1 the various electronic components 26 are mounted on the flexible substrate 20 .
  • step S 2 the image pickup device 11 is introduced, and after the image pickup device 11 is mechanically positioned with respect to the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 , the image pickup device 11 is mounted thereto through the non-conductive adhesive 25 .
  • step S 3 the rigid substrate 30 is introduced, and the various electronic components 34 are mounted on the rigid substrate 30 .
  • step S 4 after the rigid substrate 30 is mechanically positioned with respect to the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 , the rigid substrate 30 is joined thereto through the non-conductive adhesive 35 .
  • the rear face side of the image pickup device 11 on which the flexible substrate 20 is mounted is fitted into the concave portion 31 of the rigid substrate 30 and firmly fixed thereto, and the rear face of the image pickup device 11 is brought into contact against the bottom face 31 a of the concave portion 31 , the optical axis direction of the image pickup device 11 on the image pickup apparatus 10 is unambiguously regulated.
  • a reduction in the height of the image pickup apparatus 10 can be favorably realized by mounting the image pickup device 11 constituted by a bare chip to the flexible substrate 20 having the opening portion 21 and the wiring pattern 22 so that the light receiving area 11 a is positioned at the opening portion 21 and the electrically conductive bumps 13 are electrically connected to the terminal portions 23 (wiring pattern 22 ).
  • the rigid substrate 30 having the concave portion 31 capable of housing the image pickup device 11 to the flexible substrate 20 and also setting the bottom face 31 a of the concave portion 31 as a reference face and fixing the rear face of the image pickup device 11 to the bottom face 31 a to thereby regulate the optical axis direction of the image pickup device 11 , it is possible to accurately suppress variations in the image pickup direction of the image pickup apparatus 10 also in a case where the flexible substrate 20 is used as a mounting substrate of the image pickup device 11 .
  • the concave portion 31 in the rigid substrate 30 and housing the image pickup device 11 in the concave portion 31 , the concave portion 31 can be made to also function as an enclosing member for enclosing the rear face side of the image pickup device 11 while retaining the reduction in height of the image pickup apparatus 10 .
  • the rigid substrate 30 can be made to also serve a function as a substrate for mounting the various electronic components 34 belonging to the image pickup device 11 , and thus a more favorable reduction in the height of the image pickup apparatus 10 can be realized.
  • the depth d 1 of the concave portion 31 of the rigid substrate 30 so as to be equal to or less than the thickness t 1 of the image pickup device 11 , a situation in which the rear face of the image pickup device 11 separates from the bottom face 31 a of the concave portion 31 due to the elasticity of the flexible substrate 20 or the like can be reliably prevented.
  • the image pickup apparatus 10 by mounting the image pickup apparatus 10 in an electronic device such as the endoscope 1 , the image pickup direction can be accurately set and a reduction in the size of the electronic device can be favorably realized.
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of main parts of an image pickup apparatus that relates to a second embodiment of the present invention. Note that, in the present embodiment, components that are the same as in the foregoing first embodiment are denoted by the same reference characters and a description of such components is omitted.
  • the electronic components 26 are mounted not only on the front face side but also on the rear face side of the flexible substrate 20 .
  • the rigid substrate 30 of the present embodiment is constituted by a substrate having a multi-layered structure (for example, a three-layer structure), and electronic components 34 are arbitrarily mounted in respective layers 30 a , 30 b , and 30 c of the rigid substrate 30 .
  • an electrical connection between the flexible substrate 20 and the rigid substrate 30 is made by means of wire bonding using a gold wire 27 , for example.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view of main parts of an image pickup apparatus that relates to a third embodiment of the present invention. Note that, in the present embodiment, components that are the same as in the foregoing first embodiment are denoted by the same reference characters and a description of such components is omitted.
  • the rear face of the image pickup device 11 is firmly fixed to the bottom face 31 a of the concave portion 31 via an intervening spacer 37 .
  • the spacer 37 of the present embodiment be constituted by, for example, a metal member having high thermal conductivity.
  • a depth d 2 of the concave portion 31 that is formed in the rigid substrate 30 is preferably set so as to be less than or equal to a sum t 2 of the thickness of the image pickup device 11 and the thickness of the spacer 37 .
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of main parts of an image pickup apparatus that relates to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Note that, in the present embodiment, components that are the same as in the foregoing first embodiment are denoted by the same reference characters and a description of such components is omitted.
  • a step portion 31 b is formed at a position that is shallower than the bottom face 31 a .
  • the step portion 31 b is set as a reference face that regulates the optical axis direction of the image pickup device 11 .
  • a step portion 11 b is formed that corresponds to the step portion 31 b formed in the concave portion 31 , and the step portion 11 b is set as a fixation face.
  • the optical axis O direction of the image pickup device 11 is regulated by fixation between the step portions 11 b and 31 b that are set in the image pickup device 11 and the concave portion 31 .
  • an electronic device to which the image pickup apparatus 10 can be applied is not limited to the endoscope 1 , and naturally the image pickup apparatus 10 can also be mounted in other electronic devices.
  • the capsule endoscope 50 exemplified in FIG. 8 includes as main parts: a pair of image pickup apparatuses 10 , an optical member (lens unit) 51 , a signal processing circuit unit 52 that processes image pickup signals from the image pickup apparatuses 10 , a battery 53 as a power source unit, and an RF unit 54 that performs radio transmission of an image signal that underwent signal processing at the signal processing circuit unit 52 to an external device.
  • the aforementioned components are housed inside an exterior case 55 that is an airtight container.
  • the exterior case 55 for example, includes an outer barrel member 56 that has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a pair of cover members 57 that are substantially hemispherical dome members.
  • the interior of the exterior case 55 is sealed in a watertight condition by the respective cover members 57 being fitted and bonded so as to block the opening portions at both ends of the outer barrel member 56 .
  • the respective cover members 57 of the exterior case 55 are constituted by an optical dome having optical transparency, and the light receiving area 11 a of each image pickup apparatus 10 is disposed so as to face the corresponding cover member 57 via the optical member 51 .
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 it is also possible to mount the image pickup apparatus 10 in a digital camera.
  • the main parts of the digital camera exemplified in FIGS. 9 and 10 relate to a digital single-lens reflex camera.
  • a mount mounting surface 73 a onto which a body mount 73 is mounted is set at a front face of a main body portion 72 of a mirror box 71 that is a main part of the digital camera.
  • the body mount 73 is provided so that a taking lens barrel (not shown) that has a photographing optical system can be detachably attached to the main body portion 72 .
  • the body mount 73 is set so that when the taking lens barrel is mounted thereto, the optical axis O of the photographing optical system of the taking lens barrel passes through substantially the center of the body mount 73 and, furthermore, so that the mount surface of the body mount 73 is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis O of the photographing optical system.
  • a plate-like fixing member 74 is arranged that is disposed parallel to the body mount 73 , and the rear face side of the image pickup apparatus 10 is fixedly installed in the main body portion 72 via the fixing member 74 .
  • solder bumps solder balls
  • non-conductive adhesive is used to bond the image pickup device and the flexible substrate together, or to bond the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate together
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • an NCF non-conductive film
  • an ACP anisotropic conductive paste
  • an ACF anisotropic conductive film
  • a photosensitive adhesive or a photosensitive adhesive film
  • Electronic components to be mounted on the flexible substrate or the rigid substrate are also not limited to the components described in each of the above described embodiments, and various electronic components such as, for example, a signal processing driver IC, a diode, a coil, a reed switch or the like can also be mounted thereon.
  • a gold wire is used as a wire for wire bonding
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • a wire material or a plate material including a conductive substance such as aluminum or copper or the like may also be used.
  • the spacer is constituted by a metal member
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, it is possible to use various kinds of materials such as a resin plate.

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